Garment hanger with clothes clamp



Sept 10, 1957 s. ORZECH ETAL 2,805,805

GARMENT HANGER WITH CLOTHES CLAMP Filed Jan. 24, 1956 Y INVENTORS 67/74 15, 0/?266/7 &' wee/5 (as/554N127 United States Patent GARMENT HANGER WITH CLOTHES CLAMP Stanley Orzech and Morris Weisslitz, Bronx, N. Y.

Application January 24, 1956, Serial No. 561,077

2 Claims. (Cl. 223-91) This invention relatesto an improved garment hanger which is equipped with a clamp for preventing the clothing article from slipping off the hanger.

The conventional garment hanger in universal use today comprises a triangular shaped structure wherein the two sloping upper sides function as supporting means for a lower cloth receiving cross bar. It frequently occurs that an article of clothing which is suspended from the hanger by being draped over the cross bar, slides over the said bar to become soiled or otherwise damaged. Since the only forces which retain the clothing upon the cross bar are the downwardly directed weight components acting on either side of the bar, any unequal distribution of weight of the article results in slippage of the article to the floor, especially when clothes are being carried, such as during trips, causing great discomfort to the owner.

In the instant invention a conventional hanger is provided with a simple but efiective device which prevents the article from slipping off the cross bar.

Consequently, it is the primary object of this invention to provide a garment hanger which includes an adjustable attachment which will securely clamp a clothing article to the hanger when desired, and can be readily actuated to release the article when so desired.

Another object of this invention is the adaptation of a conventional garment hanger with a wedge-type clamp reciprocable on one of the inclined supporting members to positions exerting a clamping action on a clothing article or releasing said article for removal therefrom.

Further objects and inventive features will become more apparent from the following detailed description, claims, and attached drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved hanger showing an article locked therein by the novel clamp attachment.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the garment hanger with the clamp attachment in the released position.

Figure 3 is a transverse section through plane 3-3 of Figure 2, showing details of the clamp attachment.

Referring now to Figures 1 through 3, the novel garment hanger assembly 'is seen to comprise a V-shaped support having opposite ends 11 and 12 to which is removably secured in appropriate sockets 13 and 14, a clothes bar 15. A hook 16 is integrally mounted in the apex 17 of the support 10. One of the inner sides 18 of the support is grooved from the apex 17 completely through the end 12, whereby a wedge shaped clamp 19 may be received for longitudinal reciprocation thereon. The clamp 19 includes a tongue 20 (Figure 3), which fits snugly in the groove 18 and is mounted along side 18 by removing bar and sliding the clamp along the Patented Sept. 10, 1957 ice groove beyond socket 13 and then replacing the bar therein.

To prevent lateral tipping during reciprocation, the clamp 19 also includes shoulders 21 and 22 which slidingly abut complementing shoulders 23 and 24 of the support 10. The lower surface 25 of the clamp is notched longitudinally at 26 and lined with a soft material 27 such as rubber, felt and the like, shaped in circular fashion to provide a uniform bearing surface for bar 15 when the bar is received in the notch.

In operation, an article of clothing 28 is draped over bar 11 and the clamp 19 is slid along the support bar 10'' by grasping the clamp at finger holds 29. Since notch 26 of the clamp is parallel to the bar 15, the said notch will engage the article 28 when the clamp is adjacent the end 13, pressing the article firmly about bar 15 without damage to the article due to the rubber-like material 27. Thus the article cannot slip off the hanger until the clamp is slit toward apex 17, when it is desired to remove the article from the hanger.

It is now apparent that the above disclosed device provides a means for securely locking an article of clothing on a hanger, without damage to the clothing until it is desired to remove the article. Moreover, any conven tional hanger can be modified to include this attachment.

Although the depicted form of the invention is preferred, it should be understood that numerous modifications, including changes in size, shape, material, etc. can be effected by one skilled in the art, Without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having described in detail the nature of the invention, a grant of Letters Patent is desired for the novelty as defined in the following claims:

1. A garment hanger comprising, in combination, a pair of downwardly diverging arms defining an obtuse angle therebetween, a support hook mounted at the apex of said angle and extending upwardly therefrom, a transverse bar extending between the ends of said arms, and a triangular wedge having one side parallel to one of said arms and another side parallel to said transverse bar, said one of said arms including a groove opening towards said bar and said one side of said wedge having a tongue extending into longitudinal slideable locking engagement within said groove, said wedge being selectively slideable in a single vertical plane along said one arm between a lowered position with said other side adjacent to said transverse bar and a raised position spaced from said bar, and said wedge being normally urged by gravity toward said lowered position to frictionally engage a garment placed upon said bar.

2. A garment hanger as set forth in claim 1, wherein said transverse bar is of circular cross section, said other side of said wedge including a longitudinal groove for partially receiving said bar when in said lowered position, and a fabric lining secured within said longitudinal groove adapted to frictionally engage the garment placed upon said bar.

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